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CHICAGO - John Gibson provided just enough time for Devante Smith-Pelly to come up with a big play, and then the goaltender finished the job. Sam Koch Jersey .Such is life right now for the rolling Anaheim Ducks.Gibson made 37 saves and Smith-Pelly scored on a short-handed breakaway, leading the Ducks to a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night.Smith-Pellys third goal of the season capped a breakaway with 8:28 left in regulation and 2 seconds remaining on a penalty on Sami Vatanen. He beat rookie goaltender Scott Darling between the pads after grabbing the puck at the Ducks blue line when Chicago defenceman Brent Seabrook fell.I tried to fake him out and kind of get him moving and Im not sure if he got a piece of it, but Im happy it scooted through, Smith-Pelly said.He had to fight off teammate Andrew Cogliano for the puck after Seabrook lost it. Then it was clear sailing, with Seabrook unable to get into the play.Ive got to do a better job of that, Seabrook said. It was just one of those plays.Anaheim used Smith-Pellys goal and Gibsons first shutout of the season to record its eighth win in nine games.It was the first regulation home loss for Chicago, which has dropped three of four overall.Gibsons biggest save came on Chicago captain Jonathan Toews in the deep slot 90 seconds into the third period.You just see him wide open and try to get something in front of it, Gibson said.The Ducks outhit the Blackhawks 37-16, helping Gibson to his second shutout in six NHL games.They can make something out of nothing so fast that if you dont hit them and slow them down, theyre just going to skate, Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau said.Gibson and Darling dominated the first two periods. The Blackhawks had better opportunities against Gibson, who made a pair of big saves midway through the second on Brandon Saad, who roared in on a breakaway, and a follow-up shot by Andrew Shaw seconds later.The 25-year-old Darling, who made his second start since being called up from the minors because of an injury to starter Corey Crawford, made a big body save on Jakob Silfverberg 5:16 into the third. Otherwise, Darlings poise and positioning made every save look routine until Smith-Pelly scored on the 23rd of 25 Anaheim shots.Chicago has scored more than two goals in only three of its first nine games.You have stretches sometimes, Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. Maybe things arent going in for us, but we played the right way. We gave up the fewest chances all year.The tight-checking style of the game included Anaheims Mark Fistric depositing Chicago defenceman Michal Rozsival into the Ducks bench with a hip check 14 minutes into the first period. It took Rozsival about 10 seconds to climb off the floor and back onto the ice.NOTES: Crawford is close to returning, Quenneville said before the game. Crawford, out five games with an upper-body injury, will travel with the team to Ottawa for Thursdays game. F Dan Carcillo (right knee) was also sidelined. ... Anaheim was without D Ben Lovejoy, who broke his right hand in a fight with San Joses Joe Pavelski on Sunday. Lovejoy is expected to miss at least six weeks. He joins Dany Heatley, Sheldon Souray, Kyle Palmieri, Patrick Maroon and Bryan Allen on the Ducks injury list. C.J. Mosley Jersey . -- Coyotes coach Dave Tippett thinks of one thing when he watches Eastern Conference teams struggle against Western opponents before they get to Phoenix: His team must keep pace. Maxx Williams Jersey .C. - Alberta prop Andrew Tiedemann will captain Canada against Uruguay on Friday, the opening day of competition at the IRB Americas Rugby Championship. INDIANAPOLIS -- Paul George spent much of Friday worried about whether hed be suspended for Game 7 against Atlanta. Not a chance. Less than an hour after wrapping up practice, an NBA spokesman confirmed in an email to The Associated Press that league officials reviewed the tapes from Thursday nights altercation and determined none of the players who stepped onto the court would be punished for the decisive game of this first-round series. It was no surprise to the Pacers. "Were planning for him to be here until were told hes not going to be in there," coach Frank Vogel said shortly before the decision was made public. "I think he stayed in the vicinity of the bench." Players who leave the "vicinity" of the bench during a fracas can be suspended under league rules. Few, including Stu Jackson, the leagues former disciplinarian, expected that to happen with George, who took two slow, short steps onto the court before he was pushed back by assistant coach Popeye Jones. Jackson wrote on Twitter that he didnt expect the league to suspend George, Indianas best player and an All-Star starter. Losing George would have been a major blow to the Pacers comeback hopes. George has topped 20 points in all six games, has double-doubles in five of them and has been the one Pacers defender able to slow down quick, shifty Hawks guard Jeff Teague. And it was George and David West who saved the Pacers season with a late Thursday night in Atlanta, too. All the leagues best regular season home team must do now to reach the second round and avoid the distinction of becoming the sixth No. 1 seed in league history to be eliminated in the first round is protect its home court. Lately, thats been a problem. "My thing is that three of the last four times weve played these guys (in Indy), they built 20-point leads and beat us pretty good," Vogel said. "So I dont think anyone from this team can thinnk were going to be OK just because were back home. Justin Tucker Jersey. ." The eighth-seeded Hawks understand. They had a chance to wrap up the best-of-seven series at home and rallied from a nine-point deficit in the third quarter to take a five-point lead late in the fourth. Yet they still lost. "Weve responded well all year when weve been in difficult situations," coach Mike Budenholzer said Friday. "Part of our response is going to have to be better execution. I think we have a lot of positive reference points from all year. Our group has been very good and very resilient. I have a lot of confidence in our group." But this is going to be different. The Pacers, who spent all season chasing the Eastern Conferences top seed, expect a raucous crowd for the first Game 7 to be played at home in the franchises NBA history. Plus, they appeared to find a defensive solution to Atlantas spread offence by going small in Game 6. The Hawks, meanwhile, have only a day to adjust to Vogels new rotations and are on their own historic quest. A win Saturday would give Atlanta the distinction of having the fewest regular-season wins (38) of any second-round team since Detroits 36-win team beat Milwaukee in the first round of the 1976 playoffs, according to STATS. "Weve won on that floor before, so we know we can do it," Teague said. "We just have to go out there and do what we do and play our style of basketball, and it will take care of itself." George has plenty of motivation after a stressful week that included ceding home-court advantage for the second time in the series, losing his 2014 All-Star ring in a burglary that took place while he was playing Game 5, two elimination games and speculation that his 24th birthday celebration might be marred by the announcement of a one-game suspension. 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